St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07

am proud to say that the Republican party
Oh tue state in its last convention, came up
and adopted the ant-monopolistc ideas
which have been preaching. When
listened yesterday to the noble utterances of
our retiring governor and the broad views of
our governor-elect, so clear SO outspoken,
and so bold in the enuDciaton of their prin-
clples,l compared them to the dull utterances
OF tne executives of a few years ago, and /
felt the assurance that l had not lived in
Minnesota in vain. Loud and prolonged ap-
plause.
represent the Independent party in this
legislature daughter and when I come in
mere tonight bring the whole party with
me laughter and prolonged applausel, and I
say here to my Republican brethren that,
whenever questions of the rights of humanity
shall come before you, am with you, and
the lndependent party of the state of Mime
sofa shall vote with you upon any measure
that has tendency to lift up humanity.
(great appiauSe.l [ believe the same great
love for human right, for human justice, that
| filled the breast eff Abraham Lincoln; the
same divine inspiration that swelled his
bosom in that terrible crucial period of Amer
lean history. fills the heart Of the gifted gen
tleman whose name has been lifted
up upon the bil0ws of mighty
popular enthusiasm. Crhunders of applause).
believe that that principle lives in your
! breasts tonight, and you have come here to
w JuSblCc, uOI " TIC uldll dcFOSS MdSOu anu
DiXon's line, but to the millions of lives in
your own midst-that divine principle that in
1857 rallied the
BEST BLOOD OF THIS UNION
around the Republican standard. This is the
principle upon which you must plant your
selves firmly if you wish TO secure the votes
of the people,
Sometimes think, much as I love and ad
nlire our grand public school system, that
the intellect of the mind is developed at the
expense of the heart. Intellect is cheap.
The brilliant gifts of the mind are hardly as
rare as the warm impulses of the heart, en-
thusiasm for right, among our public men;
and too often has this intellect been pros
tituted to the base purposes of work
| ing for the greed of great monopolies.
/ speak of Cushman X. Davis tonight be-
cause whenever his clarion voice has been
heard it has not been on the side OF morop-
olies. He has not brought the powers of his
luminous intellect to tighten the chains which
bind mankind, Loud applause. Perhaps
he does not go far enough, as would 60
upon the question of the tariff. l may say
here tonight that the tariff question is a
question of degree.
MI. DOnneily, in referring to the tariff,
thought direct taxation would be in its eff
feet disastrous Ii the tariff was done away
with altogether. Between the two ideas
OF high protective tariff and free trade he
believed a mean could be reached, and he
predicted that when Mr.. Davis had served
one term in the United States senate his
great intellect would guide him in reaching
that mean, for lit would never do to export
the hard earnings of the West to enrich the
already gold burdened monopOlies of the
East" Continuing, he said:
am ready to trust to his great Intellect
and his grand impulses that he will do his
duty. His election is assured. Loud ap-
plause.l You have practically elected him
tonight. Prolonged applause. He goes
there taking his place in the front ranks of
statesmen. He will have no superior in that
place. In the mastery of English compost
ton he may be named in the same breath with
Addison. The profound orator, the liberal
state sman, the well-bred student, the broad
minded scholar, and above all, the kind
hearted gentleman. Iwould be glad if this
legislature arose above the trammels of petty
politics; would be glad if, upon tho l4th of
January, the Republican, the Democrat, the
Mugwump and the Independent will record
their votes for Cushman X. Davis, and send
him there, backed by not only the great Re-
publican party, but by the great Republican
people of this state. Thunders of applause !
Caucus Chaff.
John L. Gibbs was sitting contentedly in a
rear seat near the door. When asked if he
was appointed member of the new railroad
| commission, and if MesSrs Austin and
Becker were to be his colleagues, he smiled
but made no affirmative other than saying:
! ''You can publish the rumor.''
Representative Craudall, after his vote for
| Cole, said: These other men fell into line for
Davis simply because it is the popular thing
Representative Mattson was writing out
| MS speech to second the nomination of Davis
long before the caucus came together.
Ignatius Donnelly frequently forgot him
self so far as to address the chairman of the
caucus as ''Mr. Speaker
Van der Velde staid away, it is said, in the
! hope that there would be boom for Wash
burn.
! Gen. James II. Baker was circulating
around. Hell get eightf at least" he said.
Attorney General Cllpp says he feels that
the administration is indorsed.
DR.. Day moved about like delegation of
one at funeral ceremony.
The members OF the new state administra-
tion were nearly all present.
Ex-Marshal Denny thought it was a sure
thing.
Senator Mcmillan was nowhere around.